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August 2016
4-H Junior Camp
Date: August 15-19, 2016 Ages 9-13 and Teen Counselors 14-18 ($100) Cost $235 (scholarships available) for this weeklong overnight 4-H camping experience at Jamestown 4-H Center! Classes include woodworking, sailing, archery, riflery, low ropes, creative arts, swimming & water sports, wilderness survival, and more! All meals, lodging, transportation, programming, & t-shirt included. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR MATHEWS YOUTH!!!
Find out more »September 2016
Antioch Rosenwald Museum open for visitors
Come tour Mathews' historic Antioch Rosenwald School before the Rosenwald documentary film event!
Find out more »Rosenwald -documentary on Historic African American Schools
Rosenwald film screening and discussion with Antioch School alumni and the National Historic Preservation Trust. In the early 1900's, Owner and CEO of Sears & Roebuck, Co. Julius Rosenwald used his considerable wealth to build more than 5,000 schools for the benefit of African-Americans in the South. After the schools were desegregated, most of these "Rosenwald" schools were lost and today only 10% of the original structures are still standing. Mathews County is lucky to have one of the few…
Find out more »October 2016
Author Talk @ the Mathews Memorial Library
"On The Back Roads Again: More People, Places and Pie Around Virginia" Richmond Times Dispatch columnist Bill Lohmann and photographer Bob Brown have been on the road again. You can follow them on their journey down the back roads which led them, among other places, to Mathews. Come along for the ride and enjoy Bill's stories and the world of Virginia through the camera lens of Bob.
Find out more »November 2016
“Traveling to Cuba”
Traveling to Cuba will be the topic presented by Ed Tillett at the Mathews Maritime Foundation speaker meeting. His extensive travels to Cuba over the past 17 years culminated in a book titled, Cuba Bound, The North Coast: Ports of Entry and Anchorage. Ed is an award winning film and video producer, author and journalist. His initial travels to Cuba resulted in a film documentary produced with the University of Richmond’s Dr. Mike Davison that examines the relationships between American…
Find out more »December 2016
Prehistoric Indians of Mathews County and the Chesapeake Bay area
Professor Martin Gallivan of the College of William and Mary will give a talk on the prehistoric Indians of Mathews County and the Chesapeake Bay area. Dr. Gallivan is perhaps best known for leading the archaeological investigation of Chief Powhatan’s home village of Werowocomoco. He has written several books on Virginia Indians and his most recent book, the "Powhatan Landscape" was published in August. His lecture will focus upon a number of the issues raised in the book, including an…
Find out more »February 2017
Eyes On The Prize – Part 1
An award-winning documentary series on the civil rights movement that illuminates the struggle for racial equality and social justice in America.
Find out more »Braving the Wartime Seas
The book Braving the Wartime Seas is the subject of this month’s Mathews Maritime Foundation Speaker Series. Presented by the author, Tom Schroeder, it is a tribute to the Cadets and Graduates of the US Merchant Marine Academy who died in World War II, honoring the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. Of the estimated 243,000 men and women who served in the Merchant Marines, it is estimated that 8,421 were killed at sea, as prisoners of…
Find out more »Eyes On The Prize – Part 2
An award-winning documentary series on the civil rights movement that illuminates the struggle for racial equality and social justice in America.
Find out more »March 2017
Eyes On The Prize – Part 3
An award-winning documentary series on the civil rights movement that illuminates the struggle for racial equality and social justice in America.
Find out more »Maritime Lecture: Adonia
Ed Tillett will present an overview of his work on renovating motor vessel Adonia at the next Mathews Maritime Foundation Speaker’s meeting. His 60 foot 1947 John Trumpy & Sons diesel cruiser was launched in 1947 as contract #330. The vessel’s home port is now Urbanna, VA, after spending the past 40 years on Long Island Sound. Ed, his wife and various crew spent the summer of 2016 sailing over 1,200 miles in the Chesapeake Bay and south along the…
Find out more »May 2017
MAY FAIRE 2017
May FAIRE is a spring event celebrating Mathews County's heritage, culture, seafood bounty, and natural beauty! It will be held May 6, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM at the Historic Mathews Court Green area. Remember the Mathews Spring Festivals and the May Day Festivals with May Pole dancing! The Mathews County Historical Museum is bringing them back with a twist! We are combining them with the celebration of different periods of Mathews County's past. This year's May Faire…
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